Nigerians on different social media
platforms are begging President Barack Obama to give a vaccine, ZMapp, being
developed in the United States to treat a Nigerian nurse, Justina Ejelonu,
reportedly infected with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.
On such websites as Facebook and
Twitter, the petitioners begged Obama to release the vaccine to Ejelonu and
other Africans suffering from the virus. The petitions were made on the White
House website.
Ejelonu, who is one of those that
were infected with the Ebola virus after treating the Liberian victim, Patrick
Sawyer, has said she did not have direct contact with Sawyer’s body fluids.
The deadly virus, which leads to
death in humans within days from infection, is transmitted through sweat,
urine, blood, and other fluids from the body.
Nurse Ejelonu recounted her
encounter with the late Patrick Sawyer…
According to her, she said she had
checked his vitals and helped him with food because he was too weak, and that
the mode of transmission could be from touching the same surfaces as the
Liberian.
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